Sporting Triangles
{{Short description|British game show}}
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{{Infobox television
| image = Sporting-Triangles-1988-fair-use.jpg
| genre = Game show
| presenter = Nick Owen (1987–88)
Andy Craig (1989–90)
| starring = Jimmy Greaves
Tessa Sanderson (1987–88)
Andy Gray (1988–90)
Emlyn Hughes (1989–90)
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| runtime = 30 minutes (inc. adverts)
| company = Central
| channel = ITV
| first_aired = {{start date|1987|1|7|df=yes}}
| last_aired = {{end date|1990|8|13|df=yes}}
| related = A Question of Sport
}}
Sporting Triangles is a British game show that aired on ITV from 7 January 1987 to 13 August 1990. It was originally hosted by Nick Owen for the first two series and then hosted by Andy Craig for the last two series.
Transmission guide
- Series 1: 12 editions 7 January 1987 – 25 March 1987
- Series 2: 12 editions 7 January 1988 – 31 March 1988
- Series 3: 12 editions 19 April 1989 – 12 July 1989
- Series 4: 16 editions 12 April 1990 – 13 August 1990
- Special Christmas edition : 24 December 1987
- These are based on London transmission dates.
Video game
A video game of the series was also published by CDS Micro Systems in 1989 for the Acorn Archimedes, Acorn Electron, Amstrad CPC, BBC Micro, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, and Amstrad PCW. The game received low to average scores across several magazines: Your Sinclair rated the game 40% whilst rival Spectrum magazine Crash gave it 48%, stating: "A mediocre conversion of a less than brilliant TV quiz and for sports fanatics only".{{cite web|url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0010663 |title=Sporting Triangles |publisher=World of Spectrum |date= |accessdate=2013-10-07}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ysrnry.co.uk/articles/sportingtriangles.htm |title=Sporting Triangles |publisher=Ysrnry.co.uk |date= |accessdate=2013-10-07}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|390773}}
- {{UKGameshow|Sporting_Triangles}}
Category:1987 British television series debuts
Category:1990 British television series endings
Category:1980s British game shows
Category:1990s British game shows
Category:British English-language television shows
Category:Television series by ITV Studios
Category:Television shows produced by Central Independent Television
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